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"Richard" wrote:

The issues with MX have little to do with the fact that he's not a pilot
and a lot to do with the fact that he has poor manners. In the beginning
I tried to answer his questions with pointers to the applicable FARs and
suggestions for further reading and he was rude in response. Heck with
him.


Do pilots follow the white lines on taxi-ways or swing wide as truck/trailer
drivers must do? Are they just a night aid?

I don't know of any FAR that requires them to be followed. I've been to
plenty of airports that didn't have any lights or markings for the
taxi-ways, and some that didn't have taxi-ways.

At larger airports they often have reflectors along the center line to
make them more visible so at those I'll taxi slightly left of the center
line so my nose wheel doesn't go "thump thump thump" as it hits the
reflectors.

I took my PP check ride on a very windy day and the examiner himself
recommended taxiing on the upwind side of the crowned taxi-way in windy
conditions to improve handling and to keep the upwind wing from lifting.